|
Family
Name |
Burdon,
Robert |
|
Date
of Birth |
16
February 1831 |
|
Place
of Birth |
East
Bridgford, Nottinghamshire |
|
Date
of Death |
26
March 1896 |
|
Place
of Death |
Prospect,
South Australia |
|
Place
of Burial |
Dudley
Park Cemetery. (Tombstone
has been reset as part of memorial, unveiled by Governor of South Australia
in 1998, to early settlers of Prospect.) |
|
Arrived
in South Australia (date/ship etc.) |
8
August 1849 on “Emily” with his parents, two brothers and two sisters |
|
Lived
in Prospect (dates) |
1849
to 1896 |
|
Addresses
in Prospect |
Gladstone
Road, in what was then known as Highbury - now part of Prospect. Advised
his house is now demolished. |
|
Names
of houses (if any) |
Not
known |
|
Parents |
John
Burdon (1805-1884) and Ann Burdon (nee Streets) (1805-1866) |
|
Spouse(s) |
(1)
Catherine Mara (1834-1890) (2) Clara Neville (1851-1941) |
|
Date(s)
of Marriage(s) |
(1) 2
June 1856
(2) 3 July 1893 |
|
Place(s)
of Marriage(s) |
(1)
Primitive Methodist Chapel, Islington S.A.
(2) Res. Mrs. Neville, Highbury (Prospect) S.A. |
|
Children |
Elizabeth
Ann (1857-1925), Jane
(1858-1920), Catherine
(1859-1860), Mary
(1860-1868), John
(1862-1930), George
(1863-1916), Caroline
(1865-1867), Ellen
(1866-1938), Joseph
(Mar.1868-Oct.1868), Emily
(1869-1870), Margaret
(1871-1872), Henry
(1872-1938) Sarah
(1874-1942). (All 6
infant children died of diphtheria apparently contracted from the sewage
farm, where grass for the dairy cows was cut by family) |
|
Occupation(s) |
Farmer.
Farmed 5 acres on north side of Gladstone Road, Prospect and 2½ acres on
south side. |
|
Interests |
Sunday
School Superintendent at Islington Methodist Church; Member
of Prospect Local Board of Health; Curator
Dudley Park Cemetery (current site of cemetery was Robert’s original farm,
and he sold land to Trust); |
|
Religion/Churches
|
Primitive
Methodist. Apparently original chapel where he was married was located in
what is now Dudley Park cemetery, and near to where Robert’s grave was. |
|
Notes
(points of interest etc.) |
His death
was subject to Police Enquiry with a Police Report to City Coroner (died from
natural causes). Found dead in his chair by his wife, with a book in his
hand. |
|
Local
Government Experience |
Councillor
of DC Prospect 1875/76 - 1877/78 |
|
Sources
of information |
S.A.
Government records and enquiry of descendants of his surviving children. |
|
Principal
researcher(s) |
Glenn Burdon. grburdon@bigpond.com |